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Lead Data Analyst

Hippo
West Yorkshire
4 days ago
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Location: West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom


Lead Data Analyst

Hippo is recruiting for a Lead Data Analyst to join our Hippo Herd. Our Data Analysts work in multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain user-centred digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone.


Hippo’s Lead Data Analysts are experts in their field. You will act as a Lead consultant providing technical expertise practices both internally and to our clients. You will help to drive the team's technical deliverables, maintain client relationships and be passionate about developing and upskilling others.


Our solutions empower our customers to build and support secure, scalable, and well-engineered systems beyond traditional boundaries. We leverage deep data insights and continuous innovation to deliver awesome platforms that allow our customers to understand and get the most from their data and digital services. Our Lead Data Analysts are key players in this mission.


Please note, we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth at this level (Lead), therefore the advertised salary band is the lower end our full banding for this level of position, allowing for progression in the role.


Your Role In a Nutshell

  • Draw actionable insights from multiple, large sources of data and communicate these effectively, through reports, dashboards and presentations.
  • Engage with client stakeholders to understand their business and organisational needs and translate these into clear requirements for your analysis.
  • Identify opportunities for the use of advanced analytics techniques (e.g. marketing analytics, predictive modelling and machine learning) to provide additional value to clients.
  • Use robust statistical techniques when appropriate and be able to communicate your methodology to a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Be comfortable with exploring large, diverse data sets with an ability to work with both structured and unstructured data.
  • Apply tools and techniques for data analysis and visualisation (including the use of business intelligence tools).
  • Identify, collect and blend data from a range of systems and sources, including open source data for additional context.
  • Understand various data platforms and pipelines at a conceptual level and be able to identify data quality issues that might impact your work.
  • Apply appropriate data cleaning and management techniques, and be able to advise on future improvements for data.
  • Be involved in the recruitment and on-boarding of other analysts, and support other consultants in their professional development.
  • Promote Hippo’s Herd internally and externally (for example through writing blogs and case studies, and sharing knowledge through workshops and other speaking opportunities).

About The Candidate

  • A proven track record as a data analyst with experience of exploring, summarising and presenting data in the most appropriate format for users.
  • Experience of working in a consultancy environment.
  • Skilled in data cleansing, analysis, modelling and visualisation, with experience using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Looker Studio.
  • Experience with web analytics platforms such as Adobe and Google Analytics.
  • Experience of working with large, complex data warehouses and/or data lakes.
  • Familiarity with cloud based analytics platforms such as AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Google Cloud Platform (Big Query), Spark and Splunk.
  • Proficiency in SQL and experience of using one or more of the following languages: R, Python, Scala and Julia, including relevant frameworks/libraries.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to interpret and advise upon client requirements.
  • Excellent collaboration skills and willingness to be a data advocate across Hippo, especially within the wider engineering & data team.
  • For this role, mentoring and coaching skills with a passion for up-skilling junior analysts is essential.
  • Public sector experience would be highly desirable.
  • A desire to continuously develop your own skills and adapt to changing client needs and technologies.

About The Company

As well as a competitive salary which we’re transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:



  • Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6% with employee contributions of 2%)
  • 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
  • Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
  • Critical illness cover
  • Life assurance and death in service cover
  • Volunteer days
  • Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
  • Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
  • Season ticket loans
  • Financial and general wellbeing sessions
  • Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
  • private health cover
  • private dental cover
  • additional company pension contributions
  • additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
  • wellbeing contribution
  • charity contributions
  • tree planting

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Hippo

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.


We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.


Hippo locations

We are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We’re on the lookout for top talent nationwide but you need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices which will be your contracted office location. Given the dynamic nature of a consulting business, you may be required to work on-site at a Hippo office or at an in/out of town client location for a number of days per week (client dependent) and therefore candidates will need to be open/flexible to travel. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k (please ask for terms and conditions) to help make your move a smooth one.


Seniority level

  • Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

  • Consulting and Information Technology

Industries

  • Professional Services


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